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Title: Who's been hit?
Post by: dakids on August 08/17/19, 09:22:06 PM
Set up 2 bait sites yesterday and both have been hit.  Only have cameras on one site.  4 different bears.  Sow with 2 cubs and a young boar.  Using candy trail mix, cardinal mix, liquorish, and circus peanuts.  Used 5 gallons of used oil from a Chinese restaurant for on the ground for bears to track into the forest, also 1 gallon of vegetable oil mixed with  4 ground up beaver castor glands that I sprayed up into the trees.  Let the fun begin.

Hopefully the huge, old boar stays away.

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Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: dakids on August 08/17/19, 09:24:20 PM
Also using beef fat.  Put out 40 pounds to start.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/18/19, 07:48:55 PM
We had 2 if our 6 stations hit.  Will be back up next weekend to freshen them up. I was actually quite surprised the bugs weren't all that bad. We could of done without the rain though
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/18/19, 08:09:42 PM
It also appears we got the whole area to ourselves.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Rebel SS on August 08/18/19, 08:19:45 PM
Shouldn't you be watching the Vikings like the rest of us?  :confused:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/18/19, 08:31:40 PM
Shouldn't you be watching the Vikings like the rest of us?  :confused:
why  :scratch: :scratch: it's preseason and meaningless. :pouty: :surrender:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/18/19, 09:26:35 PM
Glad to see some one takes my high intelligence on bait serious... stream machine rules!.  I just set 1 today. Another tomorrow. And waiting for wheat to come off on a 3rd
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/18/19, 09:51:58 PM
Glad to see some one takes my high intelligence on bait serious... stream machine rules!.  I just set 1 today. Another tomorrow. And waiting for wheat to come off on a 3rd
I learned a lot from dakids!!
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/19/19, 07:42:39 AM
Lmao!!!!!! :rotflmao:. You learned..... :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Steve-o on August 08/19/19, 08:27:32 AM
also 1 gallon of vegetable oil mixed with  4 ground up beaver castor glands that I sprayed up into the trees.
:puke:
Have fun!
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Rebel SS on August 08/19/19, 09:27:23 AM
Shouldn't you be watching the Vikings like the rest of us?  :confused:
why  :scratch: :scratch: it's preseason and meaningless. :pouty: :surrender:

Oh....so says the football analyst, Mr. Toot sweet....kinda like browsing thru those seed catalogs in February, huh? 🤡
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/19/19, 09:35:56 AM
I did end up watching the last 8 minutes or so. :cold: :nerd: :nerd:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: dakids on August 08/19/19, 01:28:05 PM
Bears devoured all the bait over night.  We are baiting heavy and hopefully the grease does the trick and brings in more bears.  Hopefully the cinnamon makes an appearance.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/19/19, 01:47:57 PM
Good.lucknjerry!!!
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Jerkbiat on August 08/20/19, 07:03:02 AM
I have the stream machine also! :happy1: I had no hits on Sunday. Seems to take a little longer for hits up here in our neck of the woods. Going to check them tonight and add more bait. Won't be back for a week after today. I got 3 sites out this past weekend. Good luck boys.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/20/19, 07:36:41 AM
Still waiting for the wheat to come so I can start my 3rd. Then we get a t storm last night arrrg!
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/20/19, 08:19:36 AM
Still waiting for the wheat to come so I can start my 3rd. Then we get a t storm last night arrrg!
poor baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sleazy: :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/20/19, 10:33:03 AM
Ooh and I was nice earlier
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/20/19, 10:39:20 AM
Ooh and I was nice earlier
that post musta been deleted!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on August 08/20/19, 01:35:44 PM
Yu need to be hit.....
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/20/19, 01:38:25 PM
Yu need to be hit.....
:crazy: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Steve-o on August 08/20/19, 02:31:16 PM
I'd hit that...

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... just sayin.
 :bonk:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Jerkbiat on August 08/21/19, 06:42:13 AM
I ran the loop last night and went 0-3. I won't check them again until next Wednesday. So hoping yogi finds the picnic baskets by then. On another note. Funny how the CO is camera shy. With the big rains we had yesterday morning I could tell there were tire tracks heading in and out of my bait sites. So on the last one I swapped the card in the trailcam to see if I got any pictures of him to confirm. Yeah at 2:22pm I got 2 pics of the inside of his hat. At first I thought it was a night pic until I looked at the time. Strange, like I didn't know they checked bear baits. :crazy: Maybe next year I will go back to the old paper form and make them work to find them.  ;)
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Steve-o on August 08/21/19, 08:27:12 AM
Funny how the CO is camera shy. I got 2 pics of the inside of his hat.

I'll bet if you were doing everything right you won't see him again.  :angel:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Rebel SS on August 08/21/19, 08:29:05 AM
Yogi wearing a ranger hat now?  :scratch: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: LPS on August 08/21/19, 08:31:03 AM
So you need 2 cams there.  One to catch him putting his hat on the other one.  To verify it is him and not someone else peeing on your bait.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Jerkbiat on August 08/21/19, 09:34:12 AM
So you need 2 cams there.  One to catch him putting his hat on the other one.  To verify it is him and not someone else peeing on your bait.

Kinda what I am thinking.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Jerkbiat on August 08/21/19, 09:36:35 AM
Funny how the CO is camera shy. I got 2 pics of the inside of his hat.

I'll bet if you were doing everything right you won't see him again.  :angel:

My thoughts exactly. I think I would have heard from him by now if I was doing something wrong. I did expect a quick check since this is the first season of using drums on public land in MN. and when I registered them online it asked if a drum was used or not.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/04/19, 06:15:42 PM
so our first crack at a bear was unsuccessful. :confused: :confused:

got up there Friday morning. went and checked all the baits and 5 of 6 had been hit. rebaited all but one. I pulled 2, one that wasn't hit and the other was close to a trail with a lot of activity for labor day weekend.

Saturday......only one got hit. after that nuttin.  :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: I have 18 hours sitting in portable ladder stands and boy can I feel it.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: LPS on September 09/04/19, 07:02:48 PM
One year whilst a friend was hunting at the spot near Hinkley he had to go since his wife was going to have a baby.  She called and said it is close so be home by early afternoon.  (they had 3 kids already so she knew the program)  Even though it is the low percentage time of day he went to the stand at 8 am and was going to sit till noonish.  In walks a nice bear at 9ish and he shot it.  You just never know. 
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/04/19, 07:28:34 PM
I sat from sunrise till 10 the first morning, then if it didn't rain on us, from 4 pm to dark but sunday and Monday we got chased early cause of rain. Tuesday am we didn't go out because it was raining.

I AINT HUNTIN IN NO FRIGGIN RAIN!!!!!!!!  :confused:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: merc on September 09/04/19, 07:32:50 PM
We were up and had rain but the fishing was good. I'm looking for bear stories, did I miss them? Nothing by us.
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: LPS on September 09/04/19, 07:44:14 PM
You don't have a roof on your stand?  LOL
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on September 09/04/19, 07:46:10 PM
ive 1 outa 2 sites hit. small guy. i go che k 2 baits tomorow. hope somthing has improved. my honey hol wer ive takeing 15 bear off of was a weeken behi d opening baiting due to crops has now been open for over a weeke without a hit. strange year for me
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/04/19, 08:03:58 PM
You don't have a roof on your stand?  LOL
not on a portable ladder stand!! :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/04/19, 08:05:33 PM
We were up and had rain but the fishing was good. I'm looking for bear stories, did I miss them? Nothing by us.
there are several posts related to bear hunting. Quit looking through your beer bottle!! :banghead: :banghead: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: merc on September 09/04/19, 11:50:28 PM
No wonder I didn't see them because my beer was in a can.    :bonk:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/05/19, 06:32:37 AM
No wonder I didn't see them because my beer was in a can.    :bonk:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Jerkbiat on September 09/05/19, 06:58:31 AM
LOL! As of Tuesday I had 2 of the 3 getting hi. 1 is a pretty nice one and the other would be a bear that I would shoot. Was going to hunt the nicer one this evening, but the wind is going to completely wrong now.  Patient has is virtues I hope. I am going to restock the picnic baskets after work today.

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Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Gunner55 on September 09/05/19, 07:51:47 AM
so our first crack at a bear was unsuccessful. :confused: :confused:

got up there Friday morning. went and checked all the baits and 5 of 6 had been hit. rebaited all but one. I pulled 2, one that wasn't hit and the other was close to a trail with a lot of activity for labor day weekend.

Saturday......only one got hit. after that nuttin.  :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: I have 18 hours sitting in portable ladder stands and boy can I feel it.
:violin: :violin: :cry: :cry:
Title: Re: Who's been hit?
Post by: Boar on September 09/05/19, 07:54:26 AM
good luck jerry, thats a nice un!!